What was up their collective asses anyway? EVERY SINGLE PLAY the Rams would start talking shit. It only took 10 kickoffs before the refs decided to step in between the Rams coming to talk shit to Banks.

I mean at one point on a touch-back you could see them OBVIOUSLY coming to try and bait him.

I think that was part of Fisher's plan....I wondered why he would want the Rams to sign Finnegan the troublemaker and headache.....seems like it paid off...

The refs allowed this game to get out of hand. The rams to their credit came out physical to the point of over doing it. We kept our emotions as a team in check for a bit after multiple examples of over zealous chippiness it clearly started affecting us. Morgan's reaction wasn't just to a clear provocation but to a game of provocation.

Finnegan is the type of player the league needs to rid itself of but does oohing to do so. In fact he gets rewarded for his mouthiness over and over. pathetic.

Agreed. I mean in the end, we gave up 31 to the Rams, so that's on us, but while there were some non-calls for us, I thought there should have been at least a dozen called on them for pushing/punching/forearms to throats after the play was over.

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Agreed. I mean in the end, we gave up 31 to the Rams, so that's on us, but while there were some non-calls for us, I thought there should have been at least a dozen called on them for pushing/punching/forearms to throats after the play was over.

And the Infinity Engine was in full effect with the no-call penalty commited against Fletcher.

What was up their collective asses anyway? EVERY SINGLE PLAY the Rams would start talking shit. It only took 10 kickoffs before the refs decided to step in between the Rams coming to talk shit to Banks.

I mean at one point on a touch-back you could see them OBVIOUSLY coming to try and bait him.

I place most of, if not all of the blame on the refs. I'd say that most games have the potential to turn into what today's game turned into, but USUALLY the refs step in and throw a flag early on to calm stuff down. The refs just let the players run all over them for way too long.

The Rams seemed to be thriving in the punk-ass, immature environment in which the game was played, while we were agitated/annoyed/flustered. We could have either shut them up with our play or the refs could have shut them up, neither of which happened.

These refs just seem very intimidated and easily influenced by the players and coaches. They're so unsure of themselves and scared to make controversial, necessary calls.

Let's just go ahead and cut or bench every receiver when they make a mistake or drop a ball.

Making a mistake in terms of play is one thing, making a emotional mistake like Morgan did is something completely different. Notice that Steven Jackson got benched the rest of the game after he spiked that ball. That's called discipline and it's needed on a football squad. Cutting somebody? That's a bit extreme.

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Yup. Ugly all the way around. I mean it actually blew my mind how the Rams players were acting and I lost a little bit of respect for Fisher letting that happen.

Even when he was with the Titans that's been his MO. His teams have always tried hard to goad opponents into stupid post-play penalties. Today it worked for them. But we should've expected it. That's why I wasn't surprised when Cortland Finnegan went to the Rams, because he's always been one of those cheap shot-post play guys that always starts shit after the whistle. But today I was definitely emphasized at the level the Rams players' went to after the whistle to try and start shit. If they keep that up they'll get a rep as a dirty team, just like the Titans did.